Alternatives to Tomboy for all platforms with any license

Google Keep

Google Keep has several features including color coding notes, inserting images, creating lists, geo-fencing, shareable notes, and search by color.

Free Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear
Share notes Sync on many devices Google Chrome Extensions Apps that Sync with Google Calendar ... Handwriting recognition Html parsing Integrated Search Location-based reminders Works Offline Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Real-Time Synchronization To-Do management Voice Notes Add a feature

589 Like
Evernote

Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving. The app allows users to create a "note" which can be a piece...
- Tomboy is a short note system that can easily LINK it all together again. I mean it's oh-so true, the following equation: cool x awesome = Evernote says it all, except one thing. Evernote is not a short-note app and that's that! teehee Guest • Nov 2015 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Blackberry Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire Pebble
Cloud sync Works Offline Sync between devices Text formatting ... Export to iCalendar Google Drive integration IFTTT integration MarkDown support Nested Notebooks Works Offline Owncloud integration Sync with Owncloud PDF annotation Tag based Web clipper Add a feature

2302 Like
Microsoft OneNote

A digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. .

Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire
Handwritten Notes Support for styluses Cloud sync Visual Organization ... Web clipper Audio Recording Auto-saving Automatic Tagging Better formatting Data Import and Export Embedded media Handwriting recognition Hierarchical structure IFTTT integration Integrated Search Legacy Firefox Addon No dependencies Works Offline OneLogin integration PDF OCR Screenshot OCR Search by tags Sections Subtasks Tabbed interface Text formatting Voice recognition WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

870 Like
Simplenote

Made by the company behind WordPress, Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. Your notes stay updated across all your devices.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire
Cloud sync MarkDown support Protected by Password Search by tags ... Sync with Simplenote Tag based Electron based File Versioning Integrated Search Notes synchronisation Rewind the changes Sync between devices Text Based Format Version and Source control Web Access Add a feature

405 Like
Zim

Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it...
- Zim has all features of tomboy and so much more. It's a great program! chavellas • Apr 2016 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
File Versioning Wiki-like interface Sync with Dropbox Git integration ... Hierarchical structure Latex Math Lightweight Nested Notes Plain text file Portable Save as txt Text formatting WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

376 Like
CherryTree

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

Free Open Source Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Hierarchical structure Infinite hierarchical depth Code formatting Data portability ... Export to HTML Folder Tree Integrated Search Multiple languages Password encryption Portable Rich text editing Export to PDF Syntax Highlighting Tablet support Tree view Add a feature

187 Like
Turtl

Whether it's bookmarks or passwords, files or shopping lists...Turtl organizes it all and makes it easy to find later. Sync across your devices. Leave nothing...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet ... Self-Hosted Chrome Firefox
Encrypted Notes Apps with End-to-End Encryption MarkDown support Android Sync ... Client side encryption Data portability Password encryption Real time collaboration Sync between devices Sync on many devices Add a feature

114 Like
Joplin

Joplin is an open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. It can sync with multiple devices on...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Chrome Firefox
Apps with End-to-End Encryption Cloud sync MarkDown support Built-in Terminal ... Google Chrome Extensions Command Line support E2e encryption Embedded media Encrypted Notes Evernote import File Tagging Firefox Extensions Full text search Local Storage Nextcloud integration Works Offline Protected by Password Periodic reminders Support for NodeJS Sync between devices Sync with OneDrive Syntax Highlighting Terminal-based To-Do management Web clipper Add a feature

80 Like
TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki is a highly customizable notewiki for capturing, organising and sharing complex information.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Self-Hosted Xfce
Encrypted Notes Internal links MarkDown support Multiple languages ... Password encryption Portable Standalone Support for NodeJS Wiki-like interface Add a feature

171 Like
MediaWiki

MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia...

Free Open Source Self-Hosted PHP Cloudron
Self-hosted sync server Wiki-like interface Add a feature

120 Like
Notezilla

Colorful & powerful sticky notes app for Windows & Phones. Set reminder alarms, attach them to any website or document, organize them using folders/tags, sync...

Commercial Windows Web Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Android Sync Auto-saving Clean design Cloud sync ... Compatible with touchscreen Drag n drop Encrypted Notes Goal Tracking Hierarchical structure Sync with iCloud iPhone/iPod sync Kanban boards Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight List management Works Offline Optimized for Windows Password encryption Protected by Password Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Recurring tasks Search by tags Share notes Skinnable Sync across Devices Sync between devices Sync on many devices Sits in the System Tray Tag based Task assignments Text formatting Timer for tasks Add a feature

396 Like
wikidPad

wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Cross Linking Wiki-like interface Add a feature

155 Like
CintaNotes

CintaNotes is an ultra-ergonomic, productivity-boosting notetaking app for Windows. It will help you collect, organize, and find any information.

Freemium Windows PortableApps.com
Hierarchical tagging Portable Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

205 Like
RedNotebook

RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Xfce
Auto-saving Add a feature

100 Like
Org mode

Org mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Customizable Command line interface Emacs integration Export to HTML ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Hierarchical structure Hierarchical tagging Infinite hierarchical depth Lightweight Plain text file Portable Privacy focused Search by tags Tag based Add a feature

68 Like

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about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

Tomboy isn't a credible alternative to Evernote because it doesn't offer tagging. Tagging was considered by Tomboy developers a few years ago, and then rejected in favour of notebooks. With tags, Tomboy would be my favourite app. Without tags, it's difficult to organise notes. Notebooks are not nearly as useful as tags.

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about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Recently got Tomboy when I installed Ubuntu on an old laptop. Really impressed as a quick syncing notation system. Works cross platform, and best of all FREE! Just missing a smartphone app, and it'd be perfect.

Comment by joch

about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Tomboy was one of the most missed applications when I moved from Linux to Mac. It's good to see that it is now available to both Mac and Windows!

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Google Keep

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Zim

CherryTree

Turtl

Joplin

TiddlyWiki

MediaWiki

Notezilla

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